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5.6 6. The main course: Defining Economics
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1. Unit 1. Economics as a science
2. Unit 2. Adam Smith and J.M. Keynes
3. Unit 3. Theories of Economics
Unit 1:
Text for reading. Economics as a science.
Grammar: .
Questions for discussion.
Writing an essay: Russias rating of future economic prospects.
Listening: Companies. Tapescript 1: An employee is talking about her company. Listen and complete the information in the table. (p.7).
Unit 2:
Texts for reading (2). Adam Smith. The Challenge of Lord John.
Grammar: .
Questions for discussion.
Writing an essay: Was the Great Depression the only reason for Keynes criticism?
Listening: Contacts. Tapescript 8: Sang Chun is talking about his job in a software company. Listen and tick the people that he works with and the jobs that he does. (p.13)
Unit 3:
Texts for reading (2). Classical Liberalism. Neoclassical Economics. Text 3 for students independent work. Criticism of Neoclassical Economics.
Grammar: .
Questions for discussion.
Writing an essay: Society is created by our wants.
Listening: Visitors. Tapescript 13. Three people are receiving visitors from other departments in their company. Listen to the three conversations and complete the table. (p.19).
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5.7 7. The main course: Defining Economics
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1. Unit 4. Levels of Economics
2. Unit 5. The laws of Economics
3. Unit 6. Competitive and monopolistic markets
Unit4.:
Texts for reading (2). Macroeconomics. Microeconomics.
Grammar: .
Questions for discussion.
Writing an essay: What is more important for economy in general-microeconomics or macroeconomics?
Listening: New products. Tapescript 19. Listen to the radio programme about inventors and check your answers from ex. 1. (p.26).
Unit 5:
Texts for reading (2). The law of Demand. Changes in Consumer Demand. Text 3 for students independent work. Law of Supply.
Grammar: .
Questions for discussion.
Writing an essay: Exceptions to the Law of Demand in the contemporary Russia.
Listening: Employment. Tapescript 23. Listen to three people describing their job benefits and say what benefits are not useful for each of them (p.31).
Unit 6:
Texts for reading (2). Competitive market. Monopoly. Text 3 for students independent work. What is oligopoly.
Grammar: II.
Questions for discussion.
Writing an essay: Why are there no such institutions as natural and public oligopolies?
Listening: Customer Service. Tapescript 28. Listen to three speakers talking about their experiences of bad customer service. What problems did they have? (p. 37).
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